Geografie 2021, 126, 221-242

https://doi.org/10.37040/geografie.2021.001

The effect of sun elevation, cloudiness, and altitude on the ultraviolet index in Czechia

Helena Tomanová1ID, Lucie Pokorná2ID

1Charles University, Faculty of Science, Department of Physical Geography and Geoecology, Prague, Czechia
2Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechia

Received June 2020
Accepted February 2021

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